Social science is the study of individuals' behavior in society. Its academic disciplines are anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Because the social sciences focus on human beings and their behavior, which is diverse and complex, any social science discipline teaches students that the world is complicated and that most questions ...

Doctoral education in the social sciences requires a “paradigm shift” that takes into account significant changes in the job market and uncertain early-career prospects, according to a study ...

The Social Science requirement is met with two courses (a minimum of six credits), from two different social science departments (communication, economics, political science, psychology, sociology).

Via Dan Drezner, Nature defends federal funding of the social sciences and gets this part exactly right: Because they deal with systems that are highly complex, adaptive and not rigorously rule ...

SSAN in a statement by its president, Professor Chike Okolocha, insisted that social science disciplines are vital to addressing the country’s deep-rooted economic, political, ...

In particular, we provide programming and resources that directly support social science faculty and students in their diverse research and teaching initiatives. These resources, and the center’s ...

The University of Michigan was ranked the top-funded institution in social science research in the U.S., according to the Fiscal Year 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey ...

A new research paper from the American Sociological Association compares the job markets (primarily but not exclusively in academe) in social science disciplines. Looking at the most recent jobs data ...